Terrain Factor Analysis and Automatic Color Coded Mapping Utilizing the IDECS (Image Discrimination, Enhancement, Combination and Sampling).

Abstract

The report describes a technique for automatic generation of color-coded maps which define the amount of time required to construct a military airfield. The input data is a set of terrain factors in overlay form and the technique relies upon the use of the IDECS System (Image Discrimination, Enhancement, Combination and Sampling) of the Center for Research, Inc., University of Kansas. The color-coded map is generated by a PDP-15/20 computer which reads the terrain factors which have been previously stored on the IDECS disc, and applies them to a model in memory which calculates the amount of time for the airfield construction on a point by point basis. The computer then sorts the output into preselected time intervals and writes them on a digital disc. The appropriate disc channels are then displayed via the IDECS on a color television monitor for viewing as a composite color map. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0755531

Entities

People

  • Philip Currier

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Color Television
  • Composite Materials
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Discrimination
  • Factor Analysis
  • Intervals
  • Landing Fields
  • Sampling
  • Time Intervals
  • Universities

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  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
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